January 2011
10 posts
swiss whistleblower rudolf elmer plans to hand... →
standardgrey:
commonunity:
“The offshore bank account details of 2,000 “high net worth individuals” and corporations – detailing massive potential tax evasion – will be handed over to the WikiLeaks organisation in London tomorrow by the most important and boldest whistleblower in Swiss banking history, Rudolf Elmer, two days before he goes on trial in his native Switzerland. British and...
circumpolar navigation: Commercialized... →
ourcatastrophe:
loneberry:
… I get the sense that most people who celebrate Lady Gaga for her performance artist schtick aren’t critical of capitalism. Counter-critics assert that Lady Gaga is not glorifying commodity culture but parodying it by offering herself as a “figurative…
Indeed.
Pitchfork: Interviews - Destroyer →
towerofsleep:
Dammit, this interview is totally fucking with me. I had a bunch of ideas about Kaputt and then Bejar says, nope, pretty much the opposite. I start to feel a little uppity, like, hey man, you sure you’re the best judge of your own work? Ryan Dombal didn’t ask a few things that I want to ask, though, so my own interview isn’t totally blown (yet).
Spoken like a true, budding art...
I'd like to read that paper, Saelan.
towerofsleep:
“In the 1990s, when few businesses really knew what they were doing and the online population was small, putting up a forum that allowed anyone to say anything seemed like a good idea. It wasn’t. People aren’t naturally well behaved; we’re well behaved in environments that reward good behavior and punish bad behavior. Conversation can be incredibly valuable where it works well and...
Three from Salon.com
For those interested:
Let’s Not Make This Something it Isn’t
The Real Message of Loughner’s Book List
Weapon in Rampage Was Banned Under Clinton-era Law
It’s worth saying, still, that a degree of politicization is inevitable and, arguably, appropriate, not least because mental illness and gun control are political concerns, too.
luke simulacrum: Some scattered thoughts on the... →
grimmertown:
megasloth:
grimmertown:
lukesimcoe:
It’s been a turbulent 24 hours or so. Those of us plugged into the always-on news cycle of the internet have witnessed a few grim tweets and RSS updates blossom into what will likely be a defining moment of 2011 — that is, assuming the always-on news cycle doesn’t just move on once all possible…
“So, is there a correlation between a...
luke simulacrum: Some scattered thoughts on the... →
grimmertown:
lukesimcoe:
It’s been a turbulent 24 hours or so. Those of us plugged into the always-on news cycle of the internet have witnessed a few grim tweets and RSS updates blossom into what will likely be a defining moment of 2011 — that is, assuming the always-on news cycle doesn’t just move on once all possible…
“So, is there a correlation between a paranoid, violent, gun-based, ...
